Old cordylines only fade away
We all know that it is pratcially impossible to murer a cordyline australis
but I did think I had managed to. Last summer, one growing in a brick-built patio tub was getting out of hand and it was quite impossible to dig it out, so I removed all the top gowth and dug down about three inches below soil level to get rid of every trace of root that I could, although there still vast amounts of it left. I then proceeded to hack them about as much as I could. (The root is extremely hard and difficult to remove when it fills a confined space). Obviously this treatment would kill anything normal. I then recovered it with soil and placed a couple of pot plants on top of it. Youv'e guessed it . . . I now have two lovely new plants growing from the roots, each about six inches high! Eric |
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